Henry Ford Macomb Hospital named a Top 100 Hospital in the nation for value
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township is the sole southeast Michigan hospital to be included in the recently released Top 100 Hospital: Best in Value Hospitals list. Prepared by Data Advantage, a national healthcare information company, the top hospitals were identified as part of the first and only national study on U.S. hospitals and the value of care they provide.
"These are the hospitals that set the bar for the nation when it comes to value. If every hospital performed at the level of the Top 100, we found that more than $60 billion per year could be saved," said Hal Andrews, CEO of Data Advantage.
"The Hospital Value Index winners are a geographically diverse group of hospitals that have a proven ability to deliver high value care to their communities and represent a model of care that other U.S. hospitals should look to," added Andrews. "As legislators consider health reform, we believe that it will be increasingly important to recognize and reward those hospitals that deliver outstanding value."
Sources utilized as part of the 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index study, an analysis of the value of care provided at more than 4,500 U.S. hospitals, included the Joint Commission, the Leapfrog Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) core quality data, hospital financial filings with CMS, Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems, and patient satisfaction and hospital reputation databases.
"This recognition is particularly gratifying, given the difficult economic climate in which we provide services," notes Barbara W. Rossmann, Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals' President and Chief Executive Officer. "Superior quality care has always been our top priority, and in the past two years our Clinton Township hospital has been repeatedly recognized nationally for quality outcomes. Now, we have independent verification that our superior quality is matched by our efficiency and financial effectiveness in delivering care. It is a testament to the dedication of our employees and the partnerships we have forged with our medical staff."
